Will
Last Friday, the Oprah show covered a story of a> > Nigerian woman, Amina Lawal, who has been sentenced to
> > death by stoning because she had a baby out of wedlock.
> > She has tried to appeal the decision but has been
> > unsuccessful, thus far. The head of Nigeria disagrees with
> > these stonings but has so far done nothing--partly because
> > of the fear of not being re-elected. I should also note that
> > the father of the baby denied fathering the child and,
> > hence, has escaped any form of punishment.
> >
> > Amina Lawal's stoning will occur as soon as she is
> > finished nursing her child. She will be buried up to her neck
> > in dirt and townsmen will throw stones at her head until
> > they kill her--which has been known to take hours. I send
> > out a plea to all the women receiving this e-mail and to all
> > the men raised by women to join me and many others to
> > help prevent this horrific and inhumane event from
> > occuring.
> >
> > All you have to do is visit the Oprah website:
> >
> > http://www.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/tows_2002/tows_past_20021004_b.jhtml
> >
> > click on the Amina Lawal Link and you will see
> > a pre-written letter addressed to the Nigerian
> > Ambassador. Just fill out your information on the bottom
> > of the page and send it. It's as simple as that. You can even
> > go one step further and forward this e-mail to your friends
> > so they can be part of the mission to save Amina Lawal.
> >
> > It's your chance to save one woman's life. We can
> > claim ignorance when doing nothing to stop vicious
> > atrocities that we know nothing about from occuring but
> > there is no justification if we standby and allow for these
> > events to take place when we are fully aware of them.
> >
> > Thank you very much for reading this....now the ball is
> > in your court.
> >
> > Gayle in sunny Sacramento, California
> >
> >
> > Comfort thy mother and endeavor to do what is
> > conducive to the happiness of her heart.
> >
> > ---'Abdu'l-Baha, Baha'm World Faith p. 361
> >
> > Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and
> > frightened. Don't open the door to the study and begin
> > reading. Take down the dulcimer. Let the beauty we love be
> > what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss
> > the ground.
> >
> > -- Rumi
> >
> > "Bigotry has no head, and cannot think; no heart, and
> > cannot feel." -Daniel O'Connell
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